John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Planning and Execution

By John Y. Brown III, on Fri Oct 25, 2013 at 12:00 PM ET

The impotance of planning and execution.

About 19 1/2 months ago on a Sunday afternoon I thought to myself, “It would be a good idea to clean out my clothes closet later today.”

I have thought about that a lot every Sunday since then.

And today I executed my plan flawlessly in under 40 minutes.

19 1/2 months later.

Which led me to create an important formula for business and personal planning.

Planning + Execution = Results ÷ 19 1/2